A Climate Week to Advance Urgent Change
As the hottest summer on record draws to a close, the next several months could determine whether the world rises to the moment—or blows past irreversible tipping points.
As the hottest summer on record draws to a close, the next several months could determine whether the world rises to the moment—or blows past irreversible tipping points.
Fortunately, some initiatives to force children to learn discredited science have failed in Montana, North Carolina, and Utah. In Indiana, new standards have strengthened climate science curricula.
The latest report from climate scientists finds that six of the nine planetary boundaries established in 2009 have been breached.
The implications are that the climate crisis is overblown, renewable energy is little more than a talking point, and scientific consensus about the need for zero emissions is irrelevant in contrast to divine intervention.
The implications are that the climate crisis is overblown, renewable energy is little more than a talking point, and scientific consensus about the need for zero emissions is irrelevant in contrast to divine intervention.
How will the nations that have ratified UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention respond to the threat climate change represents to iconic natural and historic sites across the globe? This is one of the biggest questions facing the countries represented at the 45th World Heritage Committee meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Will … [continued]
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the world’s largest multilateral fund dedicated to helping developing countries address the climate crisis. Created in 2010, the Fund had its initial resource mobilization (IRM) in 2014 receiving $10.3 billion in pledges from 45 countries. The GCF underwent its first replenishment (GCF-1) in 2019, … [continued]
People experience fear in different ways. When it comes to the climate crisis, some people are alarmed to see extreme weather damage as a norm. For others, however, climate misinformation has exacerbated NIMBY attitudes and stymied mitigation endeavors.
Last year, I had high hopes for the future of EVs in New Mexico. The governor had recently gone to the small town of Socorro to announce a new EV charging station, which was important not only for Socorro, but for everyone that travels along the I-25 corridor without a … [continued]
EPA’s Environment & Climate Justice program may have cracked the code to inclusively direct billions of federal funds to CBOs in marginalized communities.